On Wednesday, April 10, 2024, students from the Department of English Language and Culture at the Faculty of Education of CPU prepared a faculty tour for high school students from Finland, the Canary Islands, and the Grammar School on Golianova Street in Nitra. After the tour, PaedDr. Janka  Satková, PhD., the head of the Department of Creative Arts and Art Education FE CPU, guided  participants through the gallery and commented on the exhibition of art works of the students - the future teachers of fine art education. The artistic tour had the principles of gallery animation.

A special feature of this exhibition is that the visitors are allowed to touch and feel the art works. In the gallery the students took photos of preferred art works. Then they asked their classmates to take a photo of them with the art work they liked. The photo should be creative, complementing the art work.

For example, they could act as an audience for a violinist on a painting, or they could express their emotions stemming from the art work. Another task was to write a poem called ´cinquain´, which was created as a European response to the Japanese ´haiku´ based on one art work from the exhibition. The form of a poem was given, but the content needed the creativity and an idea from the authors

At the end of this gallery animation, the students read their poems. Genuine and deep poems from the students were astonishing. Then PaedDr. Janka  Satková, PhD., guided the visiting teachers through the Department of Creative Arts and Art Education, to show them the modern and spacious studios of the department. After the gallery, the students of Secondary School Golianova under the supervision of Mgr. Katka Kettmanová, prepared a scavenger hunt for university students within EPAS (The European Parliament Ambassador School Programme) on the topic of the European Union. The feedback of all the students, university and high school revealed mutual satisfaction and gratitude for the day spent together at the premises of the Faculty of Education CPU in Nitra.

 

Text: PaedDr. Janka  Satková, PhD., PF – Department of Creative Arts and Art Education
Photo: doc. Mgr. Zuzana Sándorová, PhD., PF – Department of English Language and Culture

 

Published: April 17, 2024